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Where does “esclusivo” come from?

esclusivo (Italian) comes from Latin exclūsīvus, from Latin exclūsus, from Latin exclūdō, from Latin claudere, from Latin claudo, from Proto-Italic klaudō — close.

esclusivo (Italian): exclusive, sole, select, unique

Definitions

  1. exclusive, sole, select, unique

Ancestry of “esclusivo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinexclūsīvus—
2Latinexclūsus—
3Latinexclūdō—
4Latinclauderepresent active infinitive of claudō;...
5LatinclaudoI shut, close, lock; I imprison, confine; I...
6Proto-Italicklaudōclose

Words derived from “esclusivo”

  • esclusività
  • esclusivismo
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